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Sunday, 21 February 2016

When I first saw Lime Crime's new Velvetine shade Peacock, as part of their limited edition trio (along with Buffy and Beet It), I fell in love a bit. But I couldn't a) justify getting the trio just for that one colour, especially since the other two really didn't excite me and b) was curious to see if I could in fact find a similar looking colour.
Like a lot of Lime Crime's colour, this one is pretty unique. I remember when Chinchilla first came out, I could not for the life of me find a good dupe anywhere, and then other companies cottoned on that grey-lilac was the thing and gradually more and more alternative made themselves known. Much like that, Peacock has been really difficult to find a dupe of, not half because the swatches of the actual product vary quite a lot as well. I see the original promo swatch as a dark teal, it has definite green undertones. However I have seen swatches where it looks more like a deep, dusty blue with very little to no green at all. Because I prefer the colour of the original swatch, that is the colour I set out to find a dupe of.DupeThat, the best site for finding accessible, high street and sometimes indie dupes of all sorts of make up brands also seemed to struggle, only being able to find one option which wasn't a liquid to matte finish and also wasn't that close a match.

BUT! I think I have managed during my travels around the internet, to find a pretty good dupe! The actual swatch belongs with MsUndeadRainbows, from her Rainbow Reviews youtube channel (the actual video can be found here). The product itself is the Impulse Cosmetics Matte Lip Lacquer and the colour is Agent X. Have a look for yourself:

I think that is a pretty good match! So thank you MsUndeadRainbow for these amazing swatches! Personally I think this is a much better dupe compared to the Necromancy 's Necromantia, especially since this is actually a liquid to matte liquid lipstick and the colour is much more similar. Not only do Impulse Cosmetics offer sample sizes of all of their lip lacquer colours (which is a lot of different colours!) but the full size tubes are much cheaper that Lime Crime as well! Horray for affordable dupes! And if you happen to prefer a normal lipstick formula to the liquid one, then they also sell this colour in a normal tube!

That's all from me for today! If you've found another good dupe for Peacock, then let me know in the comments!

Just a day when I felt like spending some time on my face. There's something really clean looking about this, although I ended up adding a colour similar to my lips under my eyes to really tie everything together.

For one of my best friend's hen night we went to a cabaret show, so I really wanted to glam up to the max. I had the whole day to get ready so it was really chill. I'm really happy with how this turned out!

This is the outfit from my second day at the London MCM Comic Con. Took me long enough to actually get this post together, just in time for me to prepare my next outfit for October's MCM outfit! I know the photos aren't great and the background certainly isn't atmospheric but I took them on my tiny camera just before heading out - sometimes you just don't have time for a fancy photo shoot with an SLR!
Either way, I based this outfit around those horns that my other half got me for my birthday last year. I don't like it as much as my white deer look but this one was really comfy! This was another attempt at some Shironuri makeup - I am currently obsessed with white liquid eyeliner! Lawd, that stuff makes everything look cool! Although I wouldn't recommend Illamsqua's one...it has the strangest texture when dry.
Sorry again for the continued absence from here - I've got more free time coming up and access to a camera so hopefully I'll be picking up regularity!

Wednesday, 29 July 2015

With my birthday being next month (14th August), I thought another wishlist post was entirely warranted! Right?? Especially because after that date I won't be able to identify with Taylor Swift's "22" anymore, and that really deserves some kind of consolation prize. There are of course a few 'sensible' things I want, like a tripod, or some professional lighting for video auditions (turns out precariously balancing your camera on a pile of boxes and books isn't as easy as it looks), but this is more of a frivolous wishlist! Let me know what's currently on yours!

5. Dita Von Teese ~ Madame X bra, £40
This is the under-wired version, which I prefer to the non-wired one. Ugh, so so pretty. Not passionate about the underwear but the set does look really beautiful. Dat bra though.

I went to the London MCM Comic Con a few weeks ago and because I didn't have the funds or enough forward planning to do any actual cosplay, I decided to do some themed outfits instead, you know, put some kind of effort in! For Saturday I decided on a white deer theme, and Sunday (which is coming in another post) I went for a black dragon theme.
So for my white deer theme I went for a floaty, ethereal look, which I obviously couldn't have completed without Hysteria Machine's amazing antlers! I ordered them very last minute and they still arrived right on time! I was so happy! I also took this weekend as an opportunity to try out some shironuri make up, inspired by Minori (look her up! Her make up is pure art!). I only did half a white face because I didn't know how it would fair in a hot room for lots of hours. I also had a limited amount of time; there was a lot of extra detail I would have liked to have added but my friends grew impatient so I had to keep it limited. I also need practise applying lashes, because I'm really bad at it! And find a white powder to set my face paint, because I feel like talcum powder is slightly yellow and probably was the wrong thing to use. All in all, I learnt many a thing!